"12 Months to AGI" Was a Mishearing, Speakers Clarify They Said "Minus 12 Months"

Apollo Research CEO Marius Hobbhahn and ex-OpenAI safety VP Miles Brundage clarified that a mic glitch recording only "12 months" caused misreadings of their AGI timelines—they had actually said "minus 12 months."

2026-10-01 ~ 2026-10-01 · 3 related posts

• Apollo Research CEO clarifies mic gaffe behind "12 months to alien AI language" hearing quote — MariusHobbhahn · 2026-10-01
• Miles Brundage clears up live-mic mixup: he said 'minus 12 months,' not a 12-month AGI prediction — Miles_Brundage · 2026-10-01
• Brundage guesses viewers heard 'mine is 12 months' instead of 'minus 12 months' in live-mic mixup — Miles_Brundage · 2026-10-01